Greatest Opening Lines from songs Part 3 (June 2015)
One song I forgot was the Carpenters- I need to be in love/ The hardest thing I've ever done is keep believing, there's someone in this crazy world for me.
100. Queen- We will rock you/ Buddy, you’re a boy, make a big noise, playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday
99. Warrant- Heaven/ Got a picture of your house and you’re standing by the door
98. Meat Loaf- Anything for love/ and I would do anything for love, I’d run right into hell and back
97. Sugar Hill Gang- Rapper’s Delight/ I said a hip hop, the hippy dippy hip hop you don’t stop rocking to the boogety woogety beat
96. Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge over troubled water/ When you’re weary, feeling small
95. Steve Perry- Oh Sherrie/ and I should have been gone
94. Crowded House- Don’t dream it’s over/ There is freedom within, there is freedom without, try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
93. Fallout Boy- Sugar, We’re Going Down/ Am I more than you bargained for yet?
92. Van Halen- Ain’t Talking about love- I heard the news baby, all about your disease
91. David Bowie- Moonage Daydream- I’m an alligator
90. Prince- Little red corvette- I guess I should have known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn’t last
89. Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil/ He’s a thief screaming roaming in the night, he’s a bloodstain on the stage
88. Tiffany- Could’ve Been/ The flowers you gave me are just about to die
87. Van Halen- Running with the devil/ I live my life like there’s no tomorrow
86. Joe Cocker- With a little help from my friends/ What would you do if I sang out of tune
85. Van Halen- Standing on top of the world/ I know you believe in me, that’s all I ever need
84. Buddy Holly- Oh Boy/ All my love, all my kissing, you don’t know what you’ve been missing
83. Beck- Loser/ In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey
82. Ernie Ford- Sixteen Tons/ Some people say a man is made out of mud
81. Journey- Who’s crying now/ It’s a mystery, still we try to see, how something good could hurt so bad
80. Jem- Wish I/ Baby, you’re sailing today
79. Band Aid- Do they know it’s Christmas?/ It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid
78. Nirvana- Heart shaped box/ She has me like a Pisces when I am weak
77. Bobby Darin- Mack the Knife/ When the shark bites, with his teeth dear
76. Idina Menzel- Let it go/ the snow glows white on the mountain tonight
75. USA for Africa- We are the world/ There comes a time, when we heed a certain call
74. The Hollies- He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother/ The road is long
73. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Green River/ Well, take back down where the cool water flows y'al
72. Metallica- Enter Sandman/ Save your prayers, little one, don’t forget my son to include everyone
71. Prince- When Doves Cry/ Dig if you will the picture, of you and I engaged in a kiss
70. The Carpenters- Top of the world/ Such a feelings coming over me
69. The Monkees- Daydream Believer/ Oh I could hide beneath the wings of the bluebird as she sings
68. Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight/ Time, is never time at all
67. Human League- Don’t you want me/ You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
66. Van Halen- Unchained/ You say, I can not get there from here baby
65. The Carpenters- Superstar/ Long ago, and oh so far away
64. Robbie Williams- Strong/ My breath smells of a thousand fags and when I’m drunk I dance like me dad
63. The Bangles- Eternal Flame/ Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
62. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Bad Moon Rising/ I feel a bad moon rising
61. David Bowie- Young Americans/ They pulled in just behind the bridge
60. Boomtown Rats- I don’t like Mondays/ the silicone chip inside her head gets switched to overload
59. Bee Gees- Staying Alive/ You can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk
58. Doors- Light my fire/ You know that it would be untrue, you know that I would be a liar
57. INXS- I need you tonight/ All you got is a moment
56. Stevie Wonder- Living for the city/ A child is born in Hardtime Mississippi
55. Elvis Presley- Jailhouse Rock/ Warden threw a party in the county jail
54. Chuck Berry- Johnny B. Goode/ way down Louisiana close to New Orleans
53. The Verve- The drugs don’t work/ All this talk of getting older, it’s getting me down my love
52. Talking Heads- burning down the house/ watch out, you might get what you’re after
51. Queen- Another one bites the dust/ Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
50. Prince- Sign of the Times/ in France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name
49. Marvin Gaye- I heard it through the grapevine/ I bet you’re wondering how I knew
48. Sum 41- Fat Lip/ Strolling through the party like my name was El Ninio
47. Beach Boys- God only Knows/ I may not always love you
46. Beatles- A day in the life/ I read the news today, oh boy
45. Bob Dylan- Like a rolling stone/ Once upon a time, you dressed so fine
44. Meat Loaf- Two out of three ain’t bad/ Baby we can talk all night
43. Beatles- Let it be/ When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
42. Skid Row- 18 and Life/ Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone
41. David Bowie- Changes/ Still don’t know what I was waiting for
40. Johnny Cash- A boy named Sue/ My Daddy left home when I was three
39. Elton John- Your Song/ It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside
38. The Carpenters- Rainy days and Mondays/ Talking to myself and feeling old
37. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Traveling Band/ 737 coming out of the sky
36. Talking Heads- Once in a Lifetime/ You might find yourself, living in a shotgun shack
35. Ozzy Osbourne- No more tears/ the light in the window is a crack in the sky
34. Madonna- Like a Virgin/ I made it through the wilderness
33. Carly Simon- You’re so vain/ You walked into the party, like you were walking onto a yacht
32. Three Dog Night- Joy to the World/ Jerimiah was a bullfrog
31. Journey- Faithfully/ Highway run, into the midnight sun
30. Bee Gees- How deep is your love/ I see your eyes in the morning sun
29. Elton John- Don’t let the sun go down on me/ I can’t light, no more of your darkness
28. Phil Collins- Against all odds/ How can I just let you walk away?
27. Rick Springfield- I’ve done everything for you/ This one way love affair ain’t fair, it ain’t no affair to me
26. Journey- Don’t stop believing/ Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world
25. Nirvana- Smells like teen spirit/ load up our guns, bring your friends
24. Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven/ there’s a lady who’s sure, all that glitters is gold
23. Rolling Stones- Sympathy for the Devil/ Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste
22. Smokey Robinson- Tears of a clown/ Now if there’s a smile on my face, it’s only there trying to fool the public.
21. The Doors- Roadhouse Blues/ Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
20. Procol Harum- Whiter shade of pale/ We skipped the light fandango
19. Motley Crue- Home sweet home/ You know I’m a dreamer
18. Skid Row- I remember you/ Woke up to the sound of pouring rain
17. The Buggles- Video killed the Radio star/ I heard you on the wyless back in ‘52
16. Elvis Presley- Suspicious minds/ We’re caught in a trap
15. Buffalo Springfield- For what it’s worth/ There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear
14. Black Sabbath- War Pigs/ Generals gathered in their masses
13. Animals- House of the rising sun/ There is a house in New Orleans, they call the rising sun
12. Bob Dylan- Blowing in the wind/ How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man
11. Mamas and Papas- California Dreaming/ All the leaves are brown
10. Pet Shop Boys- West end girls/ Sometimes, you’re better off dead
9. Meat Loaf-Bat out of hell/ The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling way down in the valley tonight
8. Iggy and the Stooges- Search and Destroy/ I’m a street walking cheater with a heart full of napalm
7. James Taylor- Fire and Rain/ Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone
6. Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath/ What is this that stands before me?
5. Phil Collins- In the air tonight/ If you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand
4. Jimi Hendrix- All along the watchtower/ There must be some kind of way out of here said the joker to the thief
3. Simon and Garfunkel- Sounds of silence/ Hello Darkness my old friend
2. The Doors- Break on through/ You know the day destroys the night, the night divides the day
1. Grandmaster Flash- the Message/ broken glass everywhere, people pissing on the stage you know they just don’t care
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